But it does to me and anyone else wandering by.
What makes you think that?
"Holy" - 1.Belonging to, derived from, or associated with a divine power; sacred.
Is Muhammad not associated with a divine power? Because the Sira is the oldest written document about the life of Muhammad, and even the website you directed me to uses it.
Okay on THIS LINK. even the website YOU referred me to refers to the "The Life Of Muhammad", "A Translation of Ibn Ishaq's Sirat Rasul Allah", it's the same book
Wrong. That article is critical of Ibn Ishaq's account. An excerpt:
"So then the real source of this unacceptable story of slaughter was the descendants of the Jews of Medina, from whom Ibn Ishaq took these "odd tales". For doing so Ibn Ishaq was severely criticized by other scholars and historians and was called by Malik an impostor.
The sources of the story are, therefore, extremely doubtful and the details are diametrically opposed to the spirit of Islam and the rules of the Qur'an to make the story credible. Credible authority is lacking, and circumstantial evidence does not support it. This means that the story is more than doubtful."
Sorry, sister, no dice.
Do you accept that
Sirat Rasul Allah is not a "holy book," or can you show me a credible Islamic source that describes it as such?
http://www.usmessageboard.com/1421400-post429.html
That took me a heck of a long time to find that, don't ask me again please
If only you'd spent half that time reading it, you could have avoided disproving your own argument...
Research. Like everybody else. Anything can be translated. Anything can be researched.
That doesn't answer the question.
what are you guys talking about?
Mr. Fitnah is unable to address my points directly and has unsurprisingly resorted to dishonest debate tactics such as accusing my sect of being outside of the fold of Islam.
Kalam, what's your background again? I'm sure you've already said, forgive me, I didn't write it down. Were you raised Muslim? Live in the ME?
My background is unimportant. No matter what I say, you'll attempt to use it against me somehow. Know that I've devoted myself to the study and defense of Islam for quite some time. I'm quite familiar with the Qur'an and have studied most major hadith collections and peripheral writings, such as those of Ibn Ishaq. The peripheral writings seem to be, for the most part, without merit.
I don't think it's irrational. I think it's the part where Muhammad presents it in peace. You probably believe it is peace.
Abiding by the entire Qur'an as I do involves maintaining a peaceful and brotherly demeanor towards believers, while treating disbelievers with respect so long as they act similarly. You're repeating the now-discredited platitude about Makkan verses being peaceful and Madinan verses being belligerent. An honest perusal of the passages I provided from throughout the
entire book will leave you with no choice but to toss this ridiculous notion out of the window.
Rest assured, my geographical location has little bearing on my religious beliefs.
Our government is trying to convince everyone that's what it is, rewrite the whole religion. But it's not. And the fundamentalist Muslims know this
"Fundamentalist" is a misnomer. You're describing radicals, who attempt to distort the meaning of Islamic scripture to accommodate their hateful political ideologies, not unlike you and Fitnuts.
and as soon as more people convert the demands go up right along with it.
Another platitude with no basis in fact.
not sure where the quotes ended there
Not sure what you're talking about...
Kalam, the method of Muhammad proves you wrong.
I've proved this wrong and will again if necessary.
History proves you wrong. Every Christian and Jew being slaughtered today proves you wrong.
It's your duty to establish an irrefutable link between these things and Qur'anic scripture (protip: you can't.)
whom I believe has bartered our public schools to indoctrinate Islam for whatever they could get.
Another testament to your delusion and paranoia.